Kellyanne Conway becomes first woman to successfully run a presidential campaign

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Kellyanne Conway becomes first woman to successfully run a presidential campaign

November 9, 2016

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Kellyanne Conway broke a glass ceiling early Wednesday morning.

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Hillary Clinton may not have been elected president, but other glass ceilings were shattered on Election Day nonetheless. One such historic moment came from Trump's own camp, where Kellyanne Conway became the first woman to successfully run a presidential campaign:

Take a bow, @KellyannePolls. First woman to run a successful presidential campaign in U.S. history.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 9, 2016

Conway was Trump campaign's third campaign manager, having been appointed in August.